1958 Iraqi Communist Party issued plan for Kurdistan saying
it supported Kurdish self-
government within Iraq
1968 Baath assassinated former foreign minister Nasir Hani
and arrested Western
businessmen
1980 Iraq captured Khorramshahr Iran Iraqis called it “city
of blood” afterward Iran and Iraq lost
around 7000 casualties each
1980 Heavy Iraqi losses at Khorrmashahr meant wasn’t able to
seize Abadan 10 miles away and
secure eastern shore of Shatt
al-Arab waterway main goal of war
1980 Iraq claimed Iran started Iran-Iraq War by bombing
border towns in Sep 80
1980 Iraq gave up claim to break up Iran but said its right
to Iranian territory would be determined
on battlefield
1981 Iran rejected Iraqi call for a ceasefire and said it
was a sign of weakness by Baghdad
1982 Saddam said Iran wanted to rule Iraq not just get rid
of him
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq
War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War)
1991 Iraqi army attacked Peshmerga in Dawud after they
refused to retreat to Irbil
1994 Iraq parliament recognized Kuwait’s border and
independence
1997 Iraq said it would not allow any US planes to be used
for weapons inspections
1998 All UN weapons inspectors left Iraq after Baghdad
refused to cooperate anymore
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 Bremer met Bush saying two routes for Iraq could be
elections for new govt or CPA could hold
caucuses to pick govt Bush backed
CPA
2003 CIA report more Iraqis joining insurgency Said Iraqi
leaders not showing ability to run country
2004 Ayatollah Sistani called for a peaceful resolution of 2nd
Battle of Fallujah Expulsion of foreign
fighters Return of govt forces
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq took responsibility for hotel bombings
in Jordan Later realized attacks cost it
public support and tried to justify
them by claiming they were targeting Israelis an Americans and would never
attack Jordanian public
2005 Nat Sec Adv Hadley denied that White House manipulated
Iraq intel before 2003 invasion
2006 Bush formally asked his staff to review Iraq strategy
because not working
2006 Iraq Health Min estimated 150,000 deaths since 2003
Previous Iraqi counts were 45,000-50,000
Refuted Lancet study that estimated
655,000 deaths
2006 Report After rejecting a US timetable for ISF to take
over security in Iraq PM Maliki wanted
one that would have Iraqi forces
assume control of most of Iraq by end of 2006 which was in original US plan
2006 Dawa MP Adeeb said that including Sunnis in govt was
mistake Accused Iraqi Accordance
Front of being front for insurgency
Said Sunnis wanted to seize power in a coup Accordance Front MP Hayali said
Shiites didn’t want to share power Didn’t follow through with promises to
remove militias from ISF Committee was supposed to work out differences within
govt after election but never happened Sadrist MP Shanshal said parties were
told national unity govt was only way to save Iraq but didn’t work
2007 Lions of Adhamiya Sahwa group announced in Baghdad
2010 Barzani called meeting and agreed on new govt with
Maliki PM Talabani Pres Allawi head of
new strategic council Nujafi
speaker Called Irbil Agreement
2014 IS announced it got allegiance from groups in Egypt
Libya Yemen Algeria Saudi Arabia
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